AnAge entry for Dasyprocta azarae
Classification (HAGRID: 02576)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Rodentia
Family: Dasyproctidae
Genus: Dasyprocta
- Species
- Dasyprocta azarae
- Common name
- Azara's agouti
- Synonyms
- Dasyprocta azarae catrinae
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 11.8 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 671
- Sample size
- Medium
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
- No observations are presently available
Life history traits (averages)
- No information is available on life history. Please contact us if you wish to suggest or contribute data.
Metabolism
- Typical body temperature
- 311ºK or 37.5ºC or 99.5ºF
- Basal metabolic rate
- 10.5210 W
- Body mass
- 3849.0 g
- Metabolic rate per body mass
- 0.002733 W/g
References
- [0671] Richard Weigl (2005), Longevity of Mammals in Captivity; from the Living Collections of the World
- [0036] Savage et al. (2004), The predominance of quarter-power scaling in biology
- [0420] White and Seymour (2003), Mammalian basal metabolic rate is proportional to body mass2/3 (PubMed)
- [0434] Ronald Nowak (1999), Walker's Mammals of the World
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 584725
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account (if available)
- Encyclopaedia of Life
- Search EOL
- NCBI Taxonomy
- Entrez
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- Ageing Literature
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- Images
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- Internet
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